Handle for photographic stick-stands.



No. 744,526. PATENTED NOV. 17,1903,

' I G. GEIGER. X

HANDLE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC STICK STANDS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1903. N0 MODEL.

at. 74am;

Patented November 17, 1909:.

PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV GEIGER, or MUNICH, GERMANY.-

HANDLE FOR PHOTOGRAPH'IC STICK-STANDS SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 744,526, dated November 17, 1903.

Application filed February 20, 1903. Serial No, 144,313. (No model.)

to a handle to be attached to stick-shaped stands or supports as usedfor carrying photographic apparatus. There are many han dles of thiskind and of a great variety of construction; but with the majority ofthese the chief attention has been paid to solidity of constructiononly, Whereas simplicity and handiness leave still much to be desired.

A great drawback with the stick-stands in general use at present is thenecessity of screwing off and exchanging the handle with a head or toppiece required for the support, and, further, no provision has beenmadevfor a suificiently-broad basis or rest for the photographicapparatus. To remove these drawbacks and produce a perfect stand istheobject of the present innovation. The essential feature of it is that afiat bar contained porting the photographic apparatus, which isindicated by dash-lines.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The handle of the stand consists of the lower or bottom part a, providedwith a threaded socket b for the stand and which can be made of anysuitable material. On the part a rests the fiat bar 0, which is of thesame breadth as a and is journaled in its center upon the bolt 01. Thebolt (1 has at its the device and can catch in a notch on the oppositeside of the turning-joint h on the part a. a In the lid 9 I may arrangetwo light springs in order to prevent a rattling of the flat bar a onthe stick being used in Walking, as these springs will press the fiatbar 0 against the part a, In order to allow of turning the photographicapparatus on the support in all directions, the threaded socket b has atits upper end an inwardly-burnished bur-shaped rim 4;, which engages thematerial of the bottom part a. actuates the rotation and serves also toscrew the socket 1) onto the support.

If the device is to be used, the lid 9 is opened and the fiat bar athereupon turned ninety degrees, so that it engages into the recess f,when the apparatus is screwed upon the pin e so that the bottom of theapparatus rests at the same time .on a. and c, Fig. 3.

The parts a and 0 may be lined in the usual manner with velvet or othermaterial in order to prevent the apparatus from getting damaged and tomake it stick to the sup port.

. What I claim as my invention, and desire A corded ring it to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-- p 1. The combination in ahandle for photographic stick-shaped stands with a bottom part at havinga threaded socket b with the sector f, a flat bar 0 turning on itscenter with the pin 6 for screwing on the photographic apparatus,substantially as set forth.

2. A handle for photographic stick-shaped stands, with the bottom parta, the arched or vaulted lid 9 on the turning-link h for covering theinner arrangement of the handle, substantially as set forth.

3. A handle for photographic stick-shaped name to this specification inthe presence of stands, with the bottom part a, a crown or twosubscribing witnesses. rim i enterin" like claws into the threaded 1socket b for taining the apparatus and a GUSTAV 5 corded ring k forscrewing on the handle, sub- Witnesses:

sbantially as and for the purpose set forth. CLARA I. PARKER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my WALTER E. BOWMAN.

